# Court filing accuses former First Lady of acting as Epstein's local fixer
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## Who is named (9)

- [USVI v. JPMorgan Chase Bank](https://truthscore.com/entity/0b1435b2)
- [Jeffrey Epstein](https://truthscore.com/entity/1e6a5f26)
- [JPMorgan Chase](https://truthscore.com/entity/57962160)
- [Skidmore College](https://truthscore.com/entity/5c64860c)
- [Cecile de Jongh](https://truthscore.com/entity/795c22e7)
- [The New York Times](https://truthscore.com/entity/9869dffb)
- [Margarita Benjamin](https://truthscore.com/entity/a067464d)
- [Russell](https://truthscore.com/entity/b86e38b5)
- [U.S. Virgin Islands](https://truthscore.com/entity/e1fa5721)

## What it added

- [Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for the children of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ governor and first lady, including at Skidmore College.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c6e369c5)
  > "Jeffrey Epstein paid tuition for the children of the U.S. Virgin Islands’ governor and first lady, including at New York’s Skidmore College, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said in court filings.
- [Cecile de Jongh sent Jeffrey Epstein an August 2011 email with the subject line “Please Approve,” attaching a $25,000 tuition bill for Skidmore College.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c0f0c453)
  > Cecile de Jongh, wife of then-USVI Governor John de Jongh Jr., sent Epstein an August 2011 email with the subject line “Please Approve,” attaching a $25,000 tuition bill for Skidmore, a private liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- [JPMorgan is fighting a lawsuit by the USVI, accusing it of facilitating Epstein’s sex trafficking.](https://truthscore.com/claim/9d8c9dcf)
  > JPMorgan is fighting a lawsuit by the USVI, accusing it of facilitating Epstein’s sex trafficking.
- [The bank is defending itself in part by alleging the USVI government did far more itself to aid the crimes of Epstein.](https://truthscore.com/claim/f422ee89)
  > The bank is defending itself in part by alleging the USVI government did far more itself to aid the crimes of Epstein, who had a private island retreat, Little Saint James, there.
- [JPMorgan accused Cecile de Jongh, who worked as an office manager for Epstein, in a May filing of acting as his “primary conduit for spreading money and…](https://truthscore.com/claim/6db721e4)
  > JPMorgan accused Cecile de Jongh, who worked as an office manager for Epstein, in a May filing of acting as his “primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI.”
- [The emails released on Wednesday provide additional details underscoring the closeness of their relationship.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0a6801c2)
  > But the emails released on Wednesday provide additional details underscoring the closeness of their relationship.
- [JPMorgan is continuing to vigorously fight the USVI suit even after announcing Monday that it had agreed to settle a similar lawsuit by victims of Epstein’s…](https://truthscore.com/claim/cc5ef6e9)
  > The latest filing also indicates that JPMorgan is continuing to vigorously fight the USVI suit even after announcing Monday that it had agreed to settle a similar lawsuit by victims of Epstein’s abuse for $290 million.
- [The USVI is asking the judge to stop JPMorgan from asserting an “unclean hands” defense.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c1f1bce3)
  > The USVI is asking the judge to stop JPMorgan from asserting an “unclean hands” defense, arguing that doctrine doesn’t apply to government actors.
- [Neither de Jongh nor a lawyer for the USVI responded to requests for comment Thursday.](https://truthscore.com/claim/c64f72f7)
  > Neither de Jongh nor a lawyer for the USVI responded to requests for comment Thursday.
- [A spokeswoman for the USVI attorney general’s office said last month that JPMorgan, “which had a legal responsibility to report the evidence in its possession…](https://truthscore.com/claim/607b4c66)
  > A spokeswoman for the USVI attorney general’s office said last month that JPMorgan, “which had a legal responsibility to report the evidence in its possession of Epstein’s human trafficking,” was trying to shift blame to the territory.
- [According to JPMorgan, the tuition Epstein paid for de Jongh’s children pushed her compensation as office manager to $200,000 in 2009.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2419edea)
  > According to JPMorgan, the tuition Epstein paid for de Jongh’s children pushed her compensation as office manager to $200,000 in 2009.
- [A year’s tuition at Skidmore currently costs about $65,000, not including room and board, according to the school’s website.](https://truthscore.com/claim/e286cfb8)
  > A year’s tuition at Skidmore currently costs about $65,000, not including room and board, according to the school’s website.
- [The bank claims that in return she provided him access to the USVI’s political elite, who gave him valuable tax benefits and even allowed him to participate in…](https://truthscore.com/claim/ce977993)
  > The bank claims that in return she provided him access to the USVI’s political elite, who gave him valuable tax benefits and even allowed him to participate in debate about laws that might affect him.
- [In a May 2011 email exchange included in the JPMorgan court filing, Epstein and de Jongh discussed the USVI’s plans to update its sex offender registration law…](https://truthscore.com/claim/3e42125a)
  > In a May 2011 email exchange included in the JPMorgan court filing, Epstein and de Jongh discussed the USVI’s plans to update its sex offender registration law to discuss the bill’s possible impact on him.
- [Epstein was registered in the U.S. as a sex offender following his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0d546040)
  > Epstein was registered in the U.S. as a sex offender following his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
- [Epstein suggested that the USVI might revise the law to more narrowly apply to “predators,” a category from which he apparently excluded himself.](https://truthscore.com/claim/40bc2b4e)
  > Epstein suggested that the USVI might revise the law to more narrowly apply to “predators,” a category from which he apparently excluded himself.
- [“Maybe we should distinguish between offenders and predators,” Epstein wrote in the email to de Jongh.](https://truthscore.com/claim/414f6135)
  > “Maybe we should distinguish between offenders and predators,” Epstein wrote in the email to de Jongh.
- [According to JPMorgan, Epstein wasn’t happy with the law that passed in June 2012, and de Jongh promised she would find ways for him to get around the…](https://truthscore.com/claim/748d7c6f)
  > According to JPMorgan, Epstein wasn’t happy with the law that passed in June 2012, and de Jongh promised she would find ways for him to get around the restrictions.
- [The emails released Wednesday night show the two expressed frustration that a USVI politician identified only as “Russell” had betrayed them.](https://truthscore.com/claim/0dd197db)
  > According to the emails released Wednesday night, the two expressed frustration that a USVI politician identified only as “Russell” had betrayed them.
- [“Did the ladies enroll?” de Jongh followed up with Epstein in a June 2013 email.](https://truthscore.com/claim/50c0fee8)
  > “Did the ladies enroll?” de Jongh followed up with Epstein in a June 2013 email.
- [Epstein was a client at JPMorgan between 1998 and 2013, when the bank cut ties with the financier.](https://truthscore.com/claim/7b7c11b7)
  > Epstein was a client at JPMorgan between 1998 and 2013, when the bank cut ties with the financier.
- [One 2017 email shows Epstein communicating directly with the USVI’s environmental commissioner about the aftermath of a hurricane and the territory’s likely…](https://truthscore.com/claim/dce624f9)
  > One 2017 email shows Epstein communicating directly with the USVI’s environmental commissioner about the aftermath of a hurricane and the territory’s likely need for money.
- [In an October 2019 email, a few months after Epstein was arrested for sex trafficking and was subsequently found dead in his Manhattan jail cell, a group of…](https://truthscore.com/claim/c17e4465)
  > In an October 2019 email, a few months after Epstein was arrested for sex trafficking and was subsequently found dead in his Manhattan jail cell, a group of USVI officials communicated about an inquiry from the New York Times about tax incentives Epstein was given by the territory.
- [“I personally think the questions are opening us up to public scrutiny,” USVI official Margarita Benjamin wrote.](https://truthscore.com/claim/2376e332)
  > “I personally think the questions are opening us up to public scrutiny,” USVI official Margarita Benjamin wrote.
- [The case is USVI v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, 22-cv-10904, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).](https://truthscore.com/claim/58e11ecc)
  > The cases is USVI v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, 22-cv-10904, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).

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